Incentives and Performance Governance of Research Organizations [Hardcover]

This book contributes to the current?discussion?in society, politics and higher education?on?innovation capacity and the financial and non-financial incentives for researchers.?The expert contributions in the book deal with?implementation of incentive systems at higher education institutions in order to foster innovation. On the other hand, the?book also discusses?the extent to which?governance structures from economy can be transferred to universities and how scientific performance can be measured and evaluated. This book?is essential for?decision-makers?in knowledge-intensive organizations and higher-educational institutions?dealing with the topic of performance management.Performance Management.- Performance Measurement.- Incentives: Monetary or Non-Monetary? Extrinsic or Intrinsic?- Innovation and Creativity: Fostering and Impeding Conditions.- Innovative Approaches to Research Evaluation.- What Research Organizations Can Learn From Knowledge-Intensive Business.- Applied Contributions, Country and Case Studies.- Incentives and Performance: What We Can Learn From a Fairy Tale.

Prof. Dr. Isabell M. Welpe holds the Chair for Strategy and Organization at Technische Universit?t M?nchen in Munich, Germany. Her research interests are organizational design and behavior, governance, strategic innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as the role of digital technologies and social media for and in organizations. She led the research project Pay Professors for Performance?! Entwicklung eines neuen Anreizsystems f?r Forschende und Lehrende an Hochschulen which was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium f?r Bildung und Forschung).

Dr. Jutta Wollersheim is a research associate at the Chair for Strategy and Organization at Technische Universit?t M?nchen in Munich, Germany. Her research interests are, among other things, organizational design and performance management lә